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Théodore Roussel

The Port of Fowey, 1911

Description

Maker

  • Théodore Roussel, 1847-1926, French

Title

The Port of Fowey

Year

1911

Medium

Etching printed in metallic gold ink on blue-colored, moderately textured wove paper; mounted on sheet with border toned with bronzing powders and printed in white by the artist

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Color Etching

Supports

  • Medium weight blue wove paper mounted on medium weight cream laid paper painted gold

Dimensions

Image/plate: 13.8 x 16.8 cm (5 7/16 x 6 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Original--Recto:in pencil signed on tab, LL:Théodore Roussel In Plate--Signed, LL:Théodore Roussel

Identification

State

i/i

Type

  • Works on Paper,
  • Prints

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

1987.013.5

Projects & Publications

Publications

Altered States

Etching in Late 19th-Century Paris
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Théodore Roussel, Port of Fowey

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Altered States

June 30 - December 3, 2017

This group of etchings, printed from the same plate (seen in the case in this gallery) depicts a small British coastal town. Breaking from the convention of printing in black and white, Roussel began to experiment avidly with color printing in the 1890s. He acquired his own press and worked independently to test various means of printing color. Roussel also mixed his own inks, including the unusual metallic tones seen in some of the prints here. This group of impressions may have been made to test these inks on different types of paper.

The Landscape Tradition in Printmaking

January 19 - April 22, 1990

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